This book is a pioneering study of temporal typography and time-based calligraphic art written
in the Arabic system of writing. Inspired by the innate qualities of Arabic script as well as
certain practices in Islamic calligraphy and contemporary calligraphic art the book devises
five broad categories of temporal behaviors for Arabic characters in time-based media. It goes
onto expand the vocabulary used to describe Arabic script's appearance in time-based media and
proposes a theory to help artists practitioners and theoreticians push the boundaries of
temporal text-based art. Furthermore it tackles questions of legibility and readability and
seeks to understand how temporality of Arabic text influences the creation of meaning. This
book will therefore appeal not only to animators designers and artists but also to
commentators and scholars who deal with temporal text-based art written in Arabic script.
